Windows 7 Beta Networking tweaks

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If you have been following my Twitter, you would have noticed that I've been spending a bit of time with the Windows 7 Beta.  Overall, I have had a positive experience with the Beta, only having trouble with the normal things when using a Windows box.  One of the normal things is getting a Windows box to talk to the other non-Windows machines, and sometimes even Windows computers on the network.

The first issue I had was getting Win 7 to find the OSX machines on the network.  This was a  pain as all my files and music are on my Powerbook.  So I went looking for a fix.  I found the answer on the TechNet Forums under a question on "Networking with a mac", and here are the details (thanks to dnegrich):

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